Resilient vehicle-tire.



PATBNTBD APR. k28, 190s.

H.A.PALMER.V

RESILIENT .VEHICLE TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 31. 1907.

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i 1lElAItRY A. PALMER, OF AKRON, OHIO.

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Spcification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 2s, 4190s.

Application `led May 31, 1907. Serial No. 376,693.

.To alt whom it/magi' concern:

rBe 1t known that I, HARRY A; PALMER, a

i citizen of the United States, residing at Akron, in the county ofSummit and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Im rovements in Resilient ,Vehicle Tires;

" an I do here'b declare the" following to be a full, clear, an exact description of the invention, such as'willenable others skilled in the.. art to` which `it appertains to make and use the same, companying` drawings, and to the letters'of reference marked thereon, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to resilient vehicletires, and particularly to that type of such tires designated as solid rubber tires.

Among the objects of my inventionv are theconstruction of a tire in comparatively small K sections, whereby I can attain a more perfect "vulcanization of the tire than is` possible when the tire isf-made in an integral` mass,

and means whereby the sections yof the-.tire

can be laterally compressed and lsecured toether upon a vehicle wheel rim, whereby an injured section4 .may be removed therefrom and replaced by a new section thereby avoidingthe replacing of an injured tire by anen# tire-fnew one. These and othen'features of my invention are hereinafter fully' set forth panying drawings, in which:

' l tions of a wheel-rim, vflanges, 35

1. Fi 3 is a sectional detail view of apor-,

- "The` resilientv k tire iconsists-,substantially 1 are molded Figure 1 is a side view inelevation of secand rubber tire embodying my invention. Fig. 2- is a transf verse section of the same on a line :1vinFig.

tion o the. same. FigA 'shows a sectional viewof a modified construction of my 1mproved tire'.

, In these drawingh'sAv is a wheel-felly, a

metal tire thereon, and C C rubber tire reftaining passing there- .through in 'the usual .mannen t of two or more "nnular sectiOnsD, of rubber' oiwother' suitable v:resilient fjsubstance, placed vside jsidejin-'close contact. These sectionsy are lpreferably continuous annular rings, bu`t they can be made of sections of any desired leng'th'. `These ring sections D wit yrivet opl nings d near the base thereof, and' also wit near the tread-face thereof, when two rows of rivetsE and E are used therein, but the reference being had to. the ac- Vsections D Vthe metal tire ,flanges secured to thefsides of the -f wheelefelly A by bolts A -tions D of the tire,

rivet openings d? Arivet holes d and rivets E may be dis ensed in the joints 0lz between the sections D in contactwith the outsides of the rivets E. In building up this tire I placethe rivets in one side section D of the tire, then place one of the lo'os'e endless rings G thereon, and after .the desired number of sections D and loose endless rings Gr are in place upon the rivets,

vlateral compression is applied thereto', and heads@- placed upon the rivets and riveted downso as to lhold the sections D`firrnly together. However I' preferably secure the secure the tire to the wheel-rim, by putting y one of the flanges C in` place, and then placing the rivets, thetire sections D', and metal rings' Gr, thereon, so that when they are laterally` compressedthe bases of the sections D will by such compression be brought into gripping contact with the periphery of B, and after the riveting of the .rivets as described, the other wheel-ilange C is put in place and firmly brought u against .the side ofthe tire D so as to furt er compress the base'of it, until the heads ofthe rivets E enter between ythe lugs c c, as shown inFi'gs.2&.3.

` In Fig. 4, I have shown a modified oonstruction in which I use transverse rods in lieu of the rivets E. In thisconstruction I put oneV of the flanges C in place on the wheelf rim, and then put on the first of the tire secl after which the transverse rods E2 are inserted into the holes d., the loose endless metal rings G and the remaining tire sections are then put in place, after whchQthe other flange C is put in place and seeuredb" bolts A and the tire sections D are there y com ressed together until the ends ofthe rods 2 engage the lugs c c on the inner faces of the fian es C C, the same as is thefcase with the hea s of the rivets E here? inbefore described.

together and at 'the same time'I The rivets E', as-above stated, may or` ioo 'rings of rubber, therefore I do not broadlyl claim 'a tire constructed of such annular rings, myV invention being rather directed. to

the features of construction of such tires hereinbefore set forth-and described.

Therefore having described my invention so. as to enable 'others to construct and use the same, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Lettersdatent is: 1. The combination of a wheel-rim, fianges l adapted to be secured to the sides thereof lugs on -the inner face of said iianges, a sectional resilient tire composed of resilient sections having their sides in close contact,

- transverse rods or rivets'extending through y said sections so as to engage the lugs on the inner faces of the flanges, and loose endless rings between the-tire sections embracing said rods orrivets, substantially as set forth.

2 The combination in a vehicle tire of annular resilient sections having their side faces in close contact, a set of transverse rods or rivets extending through said sections, and endless annular m'etal rings reinovably inserted between the meeting faces of the resilient tire sections so as to. embrace said rods or rivets, substantially as set forth.

.extending thro'ugh `rivets through said sections near 3. The combination of a wheel-rim, a fixed metal tire thereon, iianges removably secured to the sides of the wheel rim, a series of pairs of inwardly projecting lugs on the inner faces of said flanges, a tire composed of resilient sections the side'faces whereof are in close contact, rivets or rods extending transversely through said resilient tire lsectionsgand between the pairs of lugs on the flanges so as to be engaged thereby, and endless-annular rings removably inserted between the meeting faces of the resilient tire sections so as to embrace the rods or rivets the resilient tire sections, substantially as set forth.

, 4. The combination in a vehicletire of annular resilient tire sections having their side faces in close contact, a set of transverse the peripheries thereof, a set of transverse rods oi' rivets through the bases of said resilient sections extending a short distance outwardly beyond the outer faces of said side sections, and loose endless metal ringsl removably inserted between the meeting faces of said resilient sections so as to embrace the transverse iodsor rivets through the bases thereof, substantially as set forth.

AIn, testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY A. PALMER.

Witnesses:

MARY KINNEY, E. P. Oris. 

